Galleries

Friday, January 4, 2013

The aerial photography of Scott Wright, titled “Altered States,” will be on view at the Villanova University Art Gallery. The exhibit opens Jan. 9 and runs through Feb. 14. A reception to meet the artist is Friday, Jan. 18, 5-7 p.m. The Villanova University Art Gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For weekend and extended hours, and other information, call the Art Gallery at 610-519-4612. Selected works for the Wright exhibit may be previewed on the gallery’s website at www.artgallery.villanova.edu.

The Steel City Coffee House in Phoenixville will hold an exhibit through Jan. 25 featuring the work of the Ursinus College Photography Club. The display will not be available for viewing during any regularly scheduled performance at Steel City; call Steel City or check website for details. Steel City Coffee House is located at 203 Bridge St., Phoenixville. For information, call 610-933-4043 or visit www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com.

The stained glass artwork of Chester County artist Robert Horan will be on display at the Delaware Museum of Natural History through Jan. 6, 2013. The windows coincide with the Rainforest Adventure theme of the exhibit. The museum is located at 4840 Kennett Pike, in Wilmington. For information, visit delmnh.org. or call 302-658-9111.

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art is holding several exhibitions: Four Visions/Four Painters: Murray Dessner, Bruce Samuelson, Elizabeth Osborne and Vincent Desiderio runs through Jan. 13, in the Main Gallery. Interstitial Spaces: Void and Object, Recent Works by Roger Chavez, through Jan. 13, in the H.F. and Marguerite Lenfest Gallery in the Henry W. and June Pfeiffer Wing. The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College in Collegeville is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The Museum is closed Mondays and college holidays.

The Station Gallery will present “Winter Group Show” featuring new work by Elizabeth Borne, Ed Bronstein, Kirk McBride and Terry Roberts. The show runs Jan. 4-26. The Station Gallery is located at 3922 Kennett Pike, Greenville, Del. For information, call 302-654-8638 or visit www.stationgallery.net.

The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts announces the following exhibitions: The solo exhibition titled Thresholds by Michigan artist Benjamin Duke will be on view through March 17 in DCCA’s Beckler Family Members’ Gallery. Duke presents a collection of large-scale hallucinatory figurative paintings that explore the ideas of self-perception and identity in today’s world. The solo exhibition of Philadelphia artist Nicholas Kripal titled Contrivance is on view through Jan. 6, in DCCA’s E. Avery Draper Gallery. The exhibition features more than 70 ceramic forms of hybrid ceramic sculptures made from molds of throwaway food containers from the 1920s to the present. The solo exhibition of artist Joseph Girandola titled Rise and Fall: Monumental Duct Tape Drawings is on view from through Feb. 10, 2013 in DCCA’s DuPont I Gallery. The exhibition features large-scale “drawings” using duct tape as the primary medium. The group exhibition, Freak Antique: Contemporary Art Curios, on view through Feb. 10, 2013 in DCCA’s DuPont II Gallery. The exhibition features the work of artists who”fuse” art and science, creating imagery that is curious and antique in nature. The solo exhibition titled Homeward Reflections by Philadelphia artist John Williams is on view through March 17 in DCCA’s Constance S. & Robert J. Hennessy Project Space. Williams’ installation examines Wilmington housing and comments on the U.S. housing crisis. By employing the use of telescopes and translucent porcelian objects as well as ink drawings, he directs the focus of the viewer on this subject. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts is located at 200 S. Madison St., Wilmington, Del. For information, call 302-656-6466 or visit thedcca.org.

Making Magic: Beauty in Word and Image is on view through March 31 in the Fred Beans Gallery of the James A. Michener Art Museum. Visitors to the exhibit will see the work of 17 of the region’s most distinguished photographers, including Emmet Gowin, John Weiss, Paula Chamlee, Michael A. Smith, and Andrea Baldeck. Poems about beauty by 16 regional poets will also be integrated into the exhibition; these poets include several former Poets Laureate of Bucks and Montgomery Counties, as well as faculty members at regional colleges and universities. Visitors will also be able to use their cell phone as an ongoing part of the experience of Making Magic: Beauty in Word and Image. They will be able to access poetry read by the poets featured in the show, and listen to selected readings by Curator Brian Peterson. Visitors will also have the opportunity to provide feedback on the exhibition along with responding to artworks and poems featured in the exhibition. The museum is located at 138 South Pine St., Doylestown. Museum hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Admission: Members and children under 6, free; adults $12.50; seniors $11.50; college students with valid ID $9.50; ages 6-18 $6; under 6 free. For more information, visit www.michenerartmuseum.org or call 215-340-9800.

The Delaware Art Museum presents the following exhibits: On view through Jan. 13, Centennial Juried Exhibition commemorates the museum’s past annual exhibitions of painting and crafts which combined to form the Biennial in 1989. This 97-artist exhibition (featuring 98 individual works of art) honors the tradition of juried exhibitions in Delaware and the surrounding region while identifying the artistic trends that will characterize the region’s future. The Delaware Art Museum, located at 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, is open Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday noon - 4 p.m. Admission fees are charged as follows: Adults (19 - 59) $12, Seniors (60+) $10, Students (with valid ID) $6, Youth (7 - 18) $6, and Children (6 and under) free. Admission is free every Sunday. For information, call 302-571-9590 or 866-232-3714 or visit www.delart.org.

Blue Streak Gallery will present a jewelry show featuring the work of Kristin Landon, Pamela Levin, Maxine Rosenthal and Susan Schulz and a group show featuring the work of Delainey Barclay, Dennis Beach, Paula Camenzind, Alida Fish, Ken Mabrey, Priscilla Smith and Bob Straight. Both shows run through Jan. 12. The gallery is located at 1721 Delaware Ave., Wilmington. For information, call 302-429-0506. Hours are Tues.- Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Main Line Unitarian Church will feature “The Dumpster Divers of Philadelphia: Upcycling Trash to Treasure” exhibition in the Fireside Gallery Jan. 5 - Feb. 10. An opening reception will be held Saturday, Jan. 5, 4-7 p.m. The church is located at 816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon. For information, call 484-341-8014 or visit www.mluc.org. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Public is welcome.

Beauty Gallery presents “Small Treasures” juried exhibition of small works of art. The show and sale of about three dozen pieces by 23 artists comprise this show featuring paintings and drawings, photographs, and works in glass, ceramics, sterling silver, textile, and mixed media. The exhibition continues through Jan. 10. Call 610-353-4569. Beauty Gallery is located at 3857 Providence Road, Suite 200, Newtown Square. For information, visit www.beautyartgallery.net.

Nicholas Serratore will present an exhibition titled Walk with Me in the Delaware Division of the Arts Mezzanine Gallery through Jan. 4, 2013. Serratore is a recipient of a 2012 Delaware Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting. The solo exhibition of Nicholas Serratore’s work will feature landscapes in which he uses pastels to render seemingly commonplace views with dramatic color and energy. The Gallery, open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is located in the Carvel State Office Building, 820 N. French Street, Wilmington.

Boutique Warehouse, 5001 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, will showcase the work of Downingtown artist Brian Hearns. Fusion and Movement runs through January. For more information, call 610-356-1566.